Perhaps the following passage explains why I tend not to prat about with Linux:

"The information on this web site begins with the modular kernel USB host side stack originally coded by Linus , as an alternative to previous experiments with a monolithic stack. That nucleus shipped in the Linux 2.2.7 kernel, and has subsequently been enhanced by the Linux-USB developer community. Most of that initial work was seen in the Linux 2.4 kernel series, and some of it was backported starting with the 2.2.18 kernel. (Neither USB-Storage nor High Speed USB are supported in the 2.2 line of kernels."

I'm afraid that my monolithic stack could clash with my modular kernels! And if I'm not careful I might even backport a kernel!

Aaaaaagggghhhh!!!!